Richard
Linklater teams up again with Ethan Hawk and Julie Delpy to give us the third
chapter in the love story between Jesse and Céline, introduced in the 1995 film
Before Sunrise. I love these kinds of experiments, where a film maker revisits
the same characters over the course of years. It’s a rare and beautiful
achievement that can demonstrate the complexity of life in all its beauty. Here
Jess and Celine are in the middle of an Italian vacation with their twin
daughters. Yet marriage never is happily ever after and these two passionate
people are a fire storm of emotions, regrets, angst and hope. Here are two
seasoned actors doing what they love, exploring their craft in a most wonderful
and memorable way. You can feel their honesty as they dig deep into their own
lives to craft characters that transcend the form. If you hate movies with lots
of talking, you might want to stay away from this one. But if you’re like me and
find conversation a beautiful music worthy of film then do not miss this
brilliant collaboration. Grade: A
Spoiler Alert: Call me a hopeless romantic but I think Jesse and Celine are
going to make things work. Sure they might separate for a time but something
tells me the next time we see them in seven years they’ll fall back in love.
That’s if they separate and I don’t know if they will, I hope they don’t. (It
says something about the film when you write about the two characters as if
they’re real people.)
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